1. Step-by-Step Guide: Capturing TV Shows & Movies as MP4 Files on Mac/Windows

Overview

When users need to record TV programs, DVR, PVR or other digital recording devices come to their mind. These recording devices can provide flexibility and convenience for users to watch the TV programs at their free time. And also these recording devices will skip the ads when recording to offer users a ad-free environment for watching TV program. But one big drawback for these recording devices is that there is storage limitation. And to avoid losing your previously recorded TV programs, most of users will transfer the recorded TV programs to other devices for archive or playback. Here comes a trouble with the video transferring, that is, the recorded TV program can not be played on the device due to the video format incompatibility. To solve the video incompatibility, users need another software for their TV format conversion.

• Allavsoft is just the software. With Allavsoft, users only need to import their recorded TV program to Allavsoft, and convert the recorded TV program to their needed video format.
• Another advantage of choosing Allavsoft is that like the digital recording devices, Allavsoft can directly work as a TV program recorder to help users to record the TV program, including the live TV program.
• Allavsoft can record any movie, any type of video, any live conference, webinar, Skype calls, WeChat calls, any screen activity as well as the TV program without ads or virus.
• Allavsoft is built with a video converter which can help to convert any recorded video to your needed video format. More surprising, actually Allavsoft is also a advanced video downloader supporting to download videos from 10,000+ video websites.

Guide to Record TV Videos on computer

Now the following part will provide a step by step guide on how to use Allavsoft to record TV programs.

Make Preparation: Free download TV Recorder

Free download the best alternative to TV Recorder - Allavsoft (for Windows , for Mac ) , install and then launch it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Click REC button

Run and open Allavsoft and a red “REC” button will come to your eye. Click the red “REC” button and you will get a recording window. But remember that the red “REC” button must be clicked before you play your TV program.

Step 2 Adjust recording area

Click and drag the compass icon or click and drag the recording area handle to adjust your recording area.

Step 3 Start and Finish recording TV program on computer

• Click the “Record” button and your needed Skype video call with your chosen size will be start to be recorded after 3 seconds.

• You can also click “Pause” button or “Delete” button to pause or delete the Skype video call recording. (Optional)
• Finally click “Stop” -> “Save” to finish recording video (When you click the Save button, a window will pop up where you may select the location for storing your recorded videos and also create a name for your recorded videos and then click Save to save your recorded videos.)

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